CVE-2018-8233 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. It arises from improper memory handling, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.